Enjoy the Udaipur in many photos of its various delightful locales it has to offer. Drenched in history, culture and andcient traditions, Udaipur is one of the most favoured tourist destinations in India.
I was to bid Adieu to Ahmedabad, the city of Gujarat where I spent my past three and half years. Ahmedabad has many tourist destinations close by and Udaipur is one of them. Since I had never been there, I decided to travel to Udaipur before I leave Ahmedabad with two other friends. Just 261 km from Ahmedabad, it hardly takes 5 hours, an overnight journey by a sleeper bus and you are almost there. I left for Udaipur by a sleeper bus on the night of 1st April 2015.
The view from the inside of the bus that took me to Udaipur
I reached the next morning on 2nd of April 2015 and joined two of my friends who had already reached the previous day. We stayed at Lalghat Guest House, a comfortable hotel. You get a range of staying options, from a small single room with shared toilets (which are super clean) to lake-view room with a huge balcony all at a very affordable price.
A view from the terrace of the Lalghat guest houseLounge area at Lalghat guest house.
On the first day, we visited the Jagdish temple, dipped our feet and spent a lazy morning at Gangour ghat, had breakfast at Café Edelweiss and lunch at Lotus Café. Café Edelweiss is a nice cozy place to eat. The German Bakery in the café serves nice pastries, baked goodies and sweets.
The first place we visited in Udaipur. The Jagdish temple.Jagdish temple was constructed by Maharaja Jagat Singh the first in 1651.The temple is carved out from sandstonesThe carvings at the temple show life of many Gods and GoddessesWomen going about their business while the tourists flock at Gangour ghat at Pichola lakeThis platform at Gangour ghat is used for performances during Gangour festival. Everyday morning, people come and feed the pigeons. Parrots and cows join them too occasionally.
After having lunch, we visited monsoon palace in the afternoon. The monsoon palace is also known as Sajjangarh palace and was named after Maharaja Sajjan Singh of Mewar dynasty who built the palace in 1884. It is situated high in the Aravalli hills at the height of 932.6 MSL. Here you will come across a neglected board which informs us of the amazing architectural skill of the architects of those days in conservation of water.
As we entered the palace, we were greeted by a pleasant sight of a young kitten suckling on an old Labrador mother.
The cat baby and dog mother. The cat though believed that he was dog and refused to clean himself as cats usually do. Seen at Monsoon palace.The monsoon palace at Sajjangadh once housed the Royals. Now it houses the nature. Swallow and wasp nests and beehive.Scenic view from the monsoon palaceSprawling city of Udaipur seen from the monsoon palaceA view from the balcony of the monsoon palaceEnjoying the serenity of the place. It was super windy!
We then hogged at an old sweet mart in the town. People travelling to Udaipur, do not miss moong dal kachori, pyaaz kachori, mirchi pakora and sweets at JMB (Jagdish Mishtan Bhandar) sweet shop.
Evening was spent watching a traditional dance and music performance at Bagore ki Haveli, located next to Gangour ghat. Everyday skilled artists perform from 7 PM onwards. The show is open to all after paying a minimal fee.
Very cool puppetry performance! Brought back lot of childhood memories.Women performing dance which women of the earlier days performed doing their day-to-day chores. Quite talented women of those days!This 68-year-old lady performed a form of dance which is not performed by local ladies anymore. Earlier, women had to fetch water from very faraway places. They kept themselves entertained by various dances and songs.
After dipping our feet in the cool waters of Gangaur ghat and relaxing for a while, we had dinner at hotel Lake View, which true to its name, has a beautiful lake view. One can watch the serene lake waters and have dinner. We retired to bed after a busy yet interesting first day at Udaipur.
I shall share the interesting events of the second day in the upcoming post. Stay tuned!
Update: Udaipur in Photographs: Day 2 can be viewed here.
Hello and welcome to my blog. I am Sneha Dharwadkar, a Wildlife Biologist by profession currently working on herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians) in Tillari region of the Northern Western Ghats, India.
I am practically in love with herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians- some of the creepy crawlies!) and more so with turtles. I find solace in nature and run to the woods whenever and as much as I can and also love to travel (because of which I am broke most of times). I love talking (I do better talking than writing). Apart from wildlife and travel; I raise my voice for gender equality.
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5 thoughts on “Udaipur in Photographs: Day 1”
Lovely pictures and very well written. I transported to the streets of Udaipur through your blog…
As we entered the palace, we were greeted by a pleasant sight of a young kitten suckling on an old Labrador mother.
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Lovely pictures and very well written. I transported to the streets of Udaipur through your blog…
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Thank you so much Rohit!
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Excellent pictures with informative captions. Thanks and regards.
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Thanks a lot Sir. Glad you liked them 🙂
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